Societe Hippique Française is organizing the main young horses and ponies national finals within 6 disciplines.

DISCOVER THE PROGRAMME OF SHF 2024 EVENTS!

DRESSAGE

From 8 to 11 August: La Grande Semaine de Dressage in Fontainebleau (77)

SHF national finals for young dressage horses and ponies

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SHOW JUMPING PONIES

From 14 to 17 August: the Sologn'Pony in Fontainebleau (77)

SHF national finals for young show jumping ponies, Poney Français de Selle nationals, New Forest and Dartmoor nationals (and others to be confirmed).

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SHOW JUMPING HORSES

HUNTER HORSES & PONIES

From 22 August to 1 September: La Grande Semaine de CSO et Hunter in Fontainebleau (77)

SHF national finals for young show jumping horses, SHF national finals for young Hunter horses and ponies, Selle-Français female event

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 EVENTING

From 11 to 15 September: La Grande Semaine de Complet in Pompadour (19)

SHF national finals for young horses and ponies in eventing, Journées Internationales de l'Anglo-Arabe ANAA

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 DRIVING

From 28 to 29 September: La Grande Semaine d'Attelage & PRATIC in Lamotte-Beuvron (41)

SHF national finals for young driving horses and ponies, world championships for young driving horses

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 ENDURANCE

From 11 to 13 October: La Grande Semaine d'Endurance at Lignières La Celle-Condé (18)

SHF national finals for young endurance horses.

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Société Hippique Française (SHF)

Société Hippique Française is an association approved by the French Ministry of Agriculture as a breeding institution dedicated to sport and leisure horses and ponies, from birth to 6 years of age.

Its missions are as follows:

BRING TOGETHER

SHF brings together all those involved in the production, development and marketing of young sport and leisure horses and ponies:

• Breeders, riders, drivers, owners of young horses and ponies
• Breeding organisations
• Regional breeders' associations
• Judges, technicians and personalities recognized for their expertise

This new, enlarged form of representation of the Board Members gives SHF weight and legitimacy in its dealings with the public authorities and the French and international institutional instances.

New orientations and actions are decided in consultation and on behalf of the sector, and take into account the general interest.

STRUCTURING

• Propose breeding policy
• Manage the sector's actions
• Strengthen synergies

DEVELOP

This unity reinforces the strength of Société Hippique Française so as to drive the sector towards excellence.

Production

• Coordination of breeding programmes
• Harmonization of judging criteria
• State aid: defining priorities

Promotion

• Regulations: conciliation and harmonization
• Competition circuit: improving quality and rationalising costs

Market

• Improving current initiatives
• Development of new events
• Use of new technologies

And more...

• Coordination of innovative technical, scientific or promotional programmes and projects in the general interest
• Designing and supporting training courses for technicians, riders and breeders

SHF circuits

SHF aims is to select and prepare horses and ponies for top-level competition in 6 disciplines:

• Show Jumping (CSO)
• Eventing (CCE)
• Dressage
• Driving
• Endurance
• Hunter

The various events on the regional circuit qualify for participation in the annual National Finals organized by discipline and age group:

• Fontainebleau / Show Jumping Ponies
• Fontainebleau / Show Jumping - Hunter
• Pompadour / Eventing
• Fontainebleau / Dressage
• Lamotte-Beuvron / Driving
• Lignières-en-Berry / Endurance

For Show Jumping, Eventing and Dressage, SHF offers 3 parallel circuits which provide gateways from one to another:

• the "Cycle Classique", specifically designed for "professional" riders,
• the "Cycle Libre", adapted to "amateur" riders,
• the circuit to train horses that enter the circuit tardily